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*** April/May Lite Challenge - A Matter of Scale ***

This month's lite challenge is to take an extreme closeup of something mundane and turn it into a detailed map for tiny creatures. Start with either a closeup photo, or your imagination!

It could be a nation of ants living in a cupboard, or the little red men of Red Mars/Green Mars/Blue Mars fame living in a cubby of a martian rover. It could be an actual flea circus staged behind your favorite dog's ear.

We're looking forward to seeing what everyone comes up with!

As always, to enter you must:
• Start a new thread in this forum with the title April/May Lite Challenge Entry - <name of entry>
• Attach any work in progress images to your posts using the forum Attachment Manager
• Use the tag ### Latest WIP ### before any image you post so that the thumbnail manager can pick it up. It doesn't have to be in bold lettering like I have it but the text must be the same.

The challenge will end on the 15th of May, and the winner will receive a silver lite compass. Good luck!